The film we hear, would be an action thriller that would be scripted by Iqbal Kuttippuram, and would be shot on locales at Fort Cochin.

With Lal Jose joining hands with Dulquer and Unni for the first time, the audience expects nothing short of a mega hit.

Now, the actor has replaced Fahad Fazil in the film ‘Iyer in Pakistan’, that would be directed by Fazal. This would be Unni’s Onam release.

The film would also launch Jagathy Sreekumar’s daughter Sreelekshmi into films. Sanusha would also be seen in a key role in the film that would be produced by Aroma Mani.

The shoot was on in full swing and a song sequence was being shot at the Mamzar Park when the incident occurred. The film’s heroine Akanksha Puri was also present.

The director revealed that the shooting was stopped for a brief while, when they saw people rushing out of the adjacent buildings. Nobody was hurt in the incident.

Now we hear that the budget of this sequel to ‘Samrajyam’ is a whopping 25 crores! The Wikipedia entry on the film however claims that the film has been shot on a budget of 35 crores!

Dubai and Chennai are the chief locations of the film. Tamil hit director Perarasu is the director and Akanksha Puri is the heroine of the film that also stars Madhu, Vijayaraghavan, Manoj K Jayan and Devan.

The story is about a private financer Eldho(Unni Mukundan), who lives in a hill station with his mother. His mother had become mentally challenged after she was raped by a police constable (Pradeep Rawat) during Eldho’s childhood. His mother conceived from the rape and gave birth to a baby girl. Johnkutty (Jayasurya), Eldho’s father tries to avenge his wife’s death by trying to kill the police constable and unfortunately dies. After Eldho has grown up, he reaches Pathiramanal, a place in Kuttanad, in search of the constable to take revenge. There he meets Sara (Remya Nambeesan). He realizes that Sara is the daughter of the constable.

The shooting locations are Marayur and Alappuzha. Initially Jayasurya was supposed to both the roles. However he later backed out, citing unavoidable reasons. The son’s role was later taken up by young star Unni Mukundan. The film would soon make it to the theatres.

This film that has been titled ‘Kaattum Mazhayum’ would be scripted by Najeem Koya, who assures that it would be a film that focuses on human values.

Lal would also be seen in a key role in the film. Harikumar’s recent cinematic ventures however had failed to rise up to the expectations. His last release was ‘Sadgamaya’ that had bombed at the box office.

Sify says the film is a disappointment from the director after a decent ‘Grand Master’: “You need a pen and paper while watching director B Unnikrishnan’s I Love Me. The film has so many twists in the tale that could confuse you on who’s with whom and who is pitted against the other, at a particular point of time.”

Nowrunning gives it a thumbs down: “After delivering a decent film like Grandmaster B.Unnikrishnan would not have done him or Malayalam Cinema any harm if this half baked attempt was not forced to be born. Watching this movie can’t be termed as masochism, but at a time when novel themes and experiments are filling our screens, this one just doesn’t impress.”

]]> http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/i-love-me-2012-malayalam-movie-poster-gallery/feed 0 http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/hitlist-2012-malayalam-movie-review-aggregator http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/hitlist-2012-malayalam-movie-review-aggregator#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:43:33 +0000 balconybeats http://www.balconybeats.com/?p=13995 Actor Bala’s debut as a director does not seem to have gone down really well with the critics. They seem to be quite unimpressed by what they got to see on the screen.

Nowrunning feels that the monotony of the film kills: “In a film like ‘Hitlist’, when you look at it, nothing in particular goes wrong. Every bullet is fired right, every blow delivered in time. The action is all in place as well. It’s the monotony that kills. The almost unbelievable recreation of sequences that we have seen in innumerable action flicks of yore is what ruins the spirit beyond repair in ‘Hitlist’.”

India Glitz feels the trailer was more impressive than the film: “Actor Bala, when he was   debuting as a director with the Hitlist, had shot the trailers of the movie in such a fine perfection that everyone smelled something fine and different in it. But going by the film, it remains that Bala must have now realized that  creating a impressive trailer is not that difficult when compared to making a film , safe  and consistent.”

Sify thinks the film is forgettable: “Hit List is a rather forgettable attempt from Bala and even as a mindless action thriller, the film is a let down. Watch this one at your own risk!”